Sentences with phrase «upset victory of»

The shocking upset victory of Donald Trump has crumbled the ground under the environmental movement in the U.S., just as that movement started to feel like it was entering a new era: Keystone XL had been defeated; carbon regulations on the nation's power plants were launched; Atlantic drilling was halted; and most pivotally, the U.S. joined the landmark Paris climate agreement.

(It's not Moreau's first upset victory of the year, incidentally: she beat Kristin Scott Thomas to the César back in March.)

You'd think the upset victories of Kathy Hochul for Congress and Mark Poloncarz for county executive last year would have solidified Lenihan's status.

Not exact matches

But Trump's upset victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton in the Nov. 8 presidential election has cast doubt on the future of a federal tax break for renewable energy seen critical to the industry's continued growth.

If you happen to think the Eagles can upset the Patriots, or simply believe it's way too close of a game to bet on an outright winner, you might consider gambling on the total score rather than the victory outcome.

Last night's victory by Premier Christy Clark and the BC Liberals will go down in British Columbia political history as one of the biggest upset victories ever.

In what was by far the biggest upset of Week 12, Team Jones got a shocking victory over Team Purimetla, 75 - 65.

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This time the university issued not a sentence on Brennan's status, and without even a written contract Brennan began to build a promising team including 25 veterans from the»57 squad which, after all, lost only three games and won seven, including a stirring victory over Army and an upset of Oklahoma, which had been unbeaten for 47 games.

The 24 - 17 victory sent the Dolphins to Denver for an AFC divisional playoff game on Saturday against the Super Bowl champion Broncos — a rematch of quarterback titans Dan Marino and John Elway, who had met only once in 13 years before the Dolphins» 31 - 21 upset of the Broncos on Dec. 21 at Pro Player.

It wasn't much of a reaction, really, considering that the upset of the Seminoles was one of the biggest victories in school history.

After young Rafael Osuna, the remarkable University of Southern California sophomore who burst upon the world with his doubles victory at Wimbledon, upset the enigmatic Barry MacKay in the opening singles, it seemed likely that the moment of deliverance was at hand.

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) David McFarland scored 15 points, including a dunk to give SIU - Edwardsville a 10 - point lead with a minute - and - a-half left to play, and the Cougars knocked Jacksonville State out of a three - way tie for third place in the Ohio Valley Conference with a 75 - 67 upset victory Saturday afternoon.

Week 11 of the college football season produced very few upsets; however, these offensive stars helped lead their teams to victory and stay in the hunt for a BCS bid, maybe more.

HORSE RACING — On a day of major prep races for the May 2 Kentucky Derby, upset victories were the rule.

However, the betting public seems to have a short memory, as 8 out of 10 spread bets are sticking with Atlanta to win by 7 or more against a 5 - 4 Titans team who has been plagued by inconsistency, yet looked good last week in a 30 - 3 upset victory on the road against the high - flying Panthers

Maryland's upset victory and subsequent blowout loss typified play during the first two days of the tournament.

For the first time since George Washington invented the backdoor play and coached the Continental Army to an upset victory over the Redcoats, the NCAA tournament is returning to the vicinity of Valley Forge.

Troy's victory over LSU didn't look like one of Leach's upsets from back in the day (or this year), but instead featured good defense and a physical run game.

With his side at risk of suffering a huge upset at White Hart Lane, the England international came off the bench to score and inspire Spurs to a victory in a seven - goal thriller.

The redshirt freshman had his best performance in an upset victory against Oklahoma State, completing 10 of his 13 throws for 204 yards and three scores, to go along with 93 yards and another touchdown on the ground.

The stirring upset victory by the 1980 U.S. hockey team, recounted in this SI Classic, made those Olympians our Sportsmen of the Year

Philadelphia is coming off a 17 - 16 win that hardly felt like a victory, as they narrowly escaped an upset at the hands of the Cleveland Browns.

Michigan has not lost since January 2, when it was upset 75 - 74 by St. John's in Madison Square Garden, although many of its victories since then have appeared to be hairbreadth escapes from defeat.

I'll view UMBC's win as major college sports» greatest upset ever, because of the stage on which it happened and the flip - flopped margin of victory, and Chaminade's as the most unbelievable, because it's amazing the Silverswords landed a game against a DI power to begin with, let alone stayed within 50 points, let alone won.

Isner upset Federer in four sets for a Davis Cup victory, and people called it Isner's biggest win of his career.

Burnley's victory at Chelsea is the second - biggest upset since the beginning of last season based on the closing moneyline (Swansea closed +1200 at Liverpool in Week 23 of 2016 - 17).

There were 2 real bad beats late Saturday night, a number of big road upsets, and some impressive conference victories.

Sevilla star Wissam Ben Yedder is revelling in last night's Champions League victory over Manchester United after scoring the two goals that sent his club through in one of the biggest upsets in the competition this season.

Wayne Rooney is the only player who could help United spring an upset, and a United victory would be just that − an upset, but even he doesn't look capable of carrying the Red Devils, not on current form anyway.

An upset victory here would also be significant in the larger scope of things as it would even the all - time series.

After a Gareth Bale - inspired blitz of Internazionale in the group stage and, in the last 32, a narrow victory over Inter's city rivals across two legs, another upset against European royalty didn't seem beyond the North Londoners.

Rovers, on the other hand, have rarely claimed a win let alone caused any major upsets of their own, with their only piece of inspiration being a two match unbeaten run back home in league action, although Rovers are without a league victory for well over a month now, an eight game unwanted run.

Their team has been the king of upsets of late having watched Mick McCarthy's charges seal stunning wins over Chelsea and Liverpool within the last three weeks alone, and after thrashing Doncaster Rovers 5 - 0 in the FA Cup during the week to record what was their most emphatic victory in over eight years, will come face - to - face with the Reds once again aiming to complete what would be an historic set of back - to - back league wins over Liverpool for the very first time since 1950, incidentially the last occasion Wolves had won on Merseyside before this very season — A sign perhaps?

Sanders could narrow Clinton's margin of victory — and even pull off an upset, however unlikely — if he keeps his base of younger supporters fired up, (assuming they're all eligible to vote).

In an upset victory against six challengers, Lauren won with 57.3 % of the vote with 99 % of precincts reporting.

The upset victory made Edward Mangano, a part - time county legislator and «of counsel» to the Uniondale law firm Rivkin Radler, the most - influential figure in county government.

But perhaps the most natural target — the 26th District, won by Kathy Hochul in a special election last month — might draw objections from both parties: from Democrats because they think she's a rising star after her upset victory, and from Republicans because they expect to have a reasonable chance of reclaiming the seat anyway.

And, the chairman — as many underdog Republicans have before him — likes to remind everyone that a little - known state senator named Pataki came out of nowhere back in 1994 and defeated the liberal lion, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, in a major upset victory.

Steele was so upset that he circumvented Cox when it came time to hand out so - called «Victory» funds (cash intended to help with GOTV efforts), giving the money directly to county chairs instead of to the state party.

Turner was a darling of Republican and Conservative Party circles when he scored an upset special election victory against Assembly David Weprin.

According to her, «Last night, I congratulated Donald Trump and offered to work with him on behalf of our country,» the defeated candidate told supporters, holding back tears in her first public remarks since the Republican's upset victory.

Two polls from Siena College and Quinnipiac University have shown Cuomo's margin of victory diminished by a generic candidate running to his left — surveys that have emboldened the activist wing of the party upset with his stances on tax cuts and charter schools.

Since her husband, Carl, won the Republican nomination for governor of New York last week, the only story in the race as compelling as his upset victory has been their personal back story: that her husband not only had an affair, not only fathered a child with that other woman, but also told his wife of 40 years about it all the same week that their 29 - year - old son, Patrick, was killed in a car accident.

The primary victory marks a major upset for Markey, who has represented the 30th Assembly District — which includes Maspeth, Woodside and parts of Long Island City, Astoria, Sunnyside and Middle Village — since 1998.

After surprise early victories in Florida, North Carolina and Ohio, it fell to the Rust Belt states of the industrial midwest to determine the result of his stunning upset.

Despite some big victories in recent weeks and a possible upset win in the red state of Alabama, Democrats still can't agree on what the party stands for.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders» campaign is hoping for an upset victory over Hillary Clinton in the upcoming Iowa caucuses, and to that end has quietly assembled an extensive ground game with 100 paid staff members and trained volunteer leaders for each of the state's 1,681 caucus precincts.

The spending on behalf of Republican candidate George Hoehmann helped him score an upset victory over six - term Democratic incumbent Alex Gromack.

Democrats blasted the move, and the timing of the announcement, saying Walker was trying to gin up conservative voters and draw attention away from an upset Democratic victory in a special state Senate election on Tuesday.